Cyber Safety Worksheet: Strong and Weak Passwords
Stay safe (Long, mixed, not guessable): Length: at least 12 characters (letters, digits and symbols all count). Mix: at least 3 kinds — small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols. Not guessable: no name, no year or birthday, no common word like password, qwerty or welcome. Break any one rule and the password is weak.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.🔐 Is “plummangoboat53” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 2.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Ananya-Kite-34” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 3.🔐 Is “Iloveyou-Sand56” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 4.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Lake-Moon-2009 (b) PondGoldTiger62
- 5.🔐 Is “Hill!25” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 6.🔐 “Ishaan_Cloud_50” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) has a name or year (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a common word
- 7.🔐 Is “sandleafneemcorn” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 8.🔐 Is “Rohan!Kite!16” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 9.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) qwerty22 (b) PondDrumCorn70
- 10.🔢 How many characters are in “dustlampsand84”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 11.🔢 How many characters are in “Vihaan2018”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 12.🔐 “Lamp!Leaf!2010” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) fewer than 3 kinds (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) has a name or year
- 13.🔐 Is “Mango-Frog-Sand64” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 14.🔤 Which is NOT one of the four kinds of characters? (a) digits (b) capital letters (c) symbols (d) emojis
- 15.🔐 “Tent_Chai_2016” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) has a name or year
- 16.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) VineSeedBrick14 (b) Arjun-Pond-18
- 17.🔢 How many characters are in “GoldCornBrick80”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 18.🔐 Is “shell_river_lamp_36” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 19.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “RiverLotusFern32” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 20.🔐 “Letmein-Frog52” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) shorter than 12 (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a name or year (d) has a common word
- 21.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Tara2015” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 22.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) chaishelllake67 (b) Boat!Lake!Pearl74
- 23.🔐 “Nisha-Wheel-19” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a common word (b) shorter than 12 (c) fewer than 3 kinds (d) has a name or year
- 24.🔐 “Welcome.Cloud30” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) fewer than 3 kinds (c) has a common word (d) shorter than 12
- 25.🔢 How many characters are in “NestPondFrog39”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 26.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) Diya#Tent#49 (b) Ship!Wolf!Tent51
- 27.🔢 How many characters are in “Frog_86”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 28.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “password84” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 29.🎂 Why is a birthday a poor password? (a) it has symbols (b) it is hard to type (c) others can guess it (d) it is too long
- 30.🔐 “Ananya!Brick!64” is weak. Which rule does it break? (a) has a name or year (b) has a common word (c) shorter than 12 (d) fewer than 3 kinds
- 31.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) fern-hill-tiger-70 (b) Welcome.Leaf78
- 32.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “qwerty45” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 33.🔐 Which password is stronger by our rule? (a) welcome42 (b) mango#pearl#neem#30
- 34.🔐 Is “Plum!Hill!Sand55” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 35.🔐 Is “Ishaan#Kite#86” strong or weak by our rule? (a) weak (b) strong
- 36.🔢 How many characters are in “Diya2017”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 37.🔢 How many characters are in “Mango!Sand!River10”? Count letters, digits and symbols.
- 38.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “Chai!Cloud!Lamp28” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
- 39.🔐 Is “Nisha@Tiger@83” strong or weak by our rule? (a) strong (b) weak
- 40.🔤 How many kinds of characters does “welcome72” use? (small letters, capital letters, digits, symbols)
Answer key
- weak
- 4
- weak
- PondGoldTiger62
- weak
- has a name or year
- weak
- weak
- PondDrumCorn70
- 14
- 10
- has a name or year
- strong
- emojis
- has a name or year
- VineSeedBrick14
- 15
- strong
- 3
- has a common word
- 3
- Boat!Lake!Pearl74
- has a name or year
- has a common word
- 14
- Ship!Wolf!Tent51
- 7
- 2
- others can guess it
- has a name or year
- fern-hill-tiger-70
- 2
- mango#pearl#neem#30
- strong
- weak
- 8
- 18
- 4
- weak
- 2
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